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64 CINEMONTAGE / Q1 2018 LABOR MAT TERS at the bottom of their photograph 'DRR' — directors' rights respected. In other words, if you give me a job, you can have sex with me." He pointed out how that was commonplace, and called it "madness." Maintaining his support of the victims, he went on to discuss being cautious about the accusations flooding Hollywood lately. "I assume nothing but good will come out of these revelations, even though some people get wrongly accused; there's that side of it as well," he said. THE FCC KILLS NET NEUTRALITY Despite overwhelming opposition from Congress, technical experts, advocacy organizations and the American people, the Federal Communications Commission has voted to eliminate 2015's Open Internet Order and the net neutrality protections it established, writes Devin Coldewey in TechCrunch in mid-December. The order passed removes the FCC as a regulator of the broadband industry and shifts rules that prevented blocking and "throttling content" to the honor system. The Federal Trade Commission now ostensibly has that role, but it is far from an expert agency on this topic and cannot make pre-emptive rules like those that have been in place for the last few years, adds Coldewey. As expected, the vote was 3 to 2 along party lines, with Chairman Ajit Pai and Republican Commissioners Brendan Carr and Michael O'Rielly voting in favor of the order, and Democratic Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel voting against. The ACLU released a statement calling the "misguided" decision "a radical departure that risks erosion of the biggest free speech platform the world has ever known." "Today's loss means that telecommunications companies will start intruding more on how people use the Internet," said Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst for the group. "Internet service providers will become much more aggressive in their efforts to make money off their role as online gatekeepers." TEAMSTERS TO UPS: NO DRONES OR DRIVERLESS TRUCKS The Teamsters union will negotiate to prohibit United Parcel Service Inc. from using drones and driverless vehicles to deliver packages, writes Paul Ziobro in The Wall Street Journal. That was one of the union's demands as it started its high- stakes contract talks with UPS in late January. The Teamsters also want UPS to drop late- night deliveries and add another 10,000 workers to its ranks, among other demands. The two sides are looking at one of the largest collective bargaining agreements in the country, covering about 260,000 UPS employees. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters' National Negotiating Committee submitted an 83-page proposal updating the current contract, which expires in July. Both sides declined to comment on the new proposals. Over the past five years, online sales have exploded, adding business for parcel-delivery companies like UPS, Federal Express Corp. and the US Postal Service, as they deliver billions of packages to homes. f